{"id":29530,"date":"2025-10-21T09:34:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=media-release&p=29530"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:34:45","slug":"report-highlights-pathways-to-increase-aboriginal-teachers-in-the-nt","status":"publish","type":"media-release","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/media-release\/report-highlights-pathways-to-increase-aboriginal-teachers-in-the-nt\/","title":{"rendered":"Report highlights pathways to increase Aboriginal teachers in the NT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success<\/a> (ACSES) has today released a new First Nations Fellowship report<\/a> identifying ways to boost the number of Aboriginal teachers in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authored by Charles Darwin University\u2019s Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Increasing the Number of Aboriginal Teachers in the Northern Territory: Planning for the Future<\/em> presents findings from a study exploring how teaching is perceived as a career by Aboriginal senior secondary students and current Aboriginal teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing on participants\u2019 own words and perspectives, the research examines strategies to promote teaching as a viable and appealing profession among Aboriginal people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Woodroffe said a central finding of the report was the lack of accessible and culturally relevant information about teaching as a career for Aboriginal people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAboriginal teachers benefit the Australian education system, bring unique cultural knowledge and understandings and show Aboriginal students that anything is possible,\u201d Dr Woodroffe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore Aboriginal teachers should be supported and recognised as role models and there needs to be clear information available on how Aboriginal people could become teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACSES Research and Policy Program Director Professor Ian Li<\/a> said the report\u2019s recommendations will help address the critical shortage of Aboriginal teachers in the Northern Territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese findings can also contribute to promoting teaching as a career for First Nations students at the national level,\u201d Professor Li said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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